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GHERU wrote:With DCBS I don't mind the three month pre-order because I am getting, basically, wholesale prices and I figure that if I end up with ~10 comics a year I wish I hadn't bought I am still way ahead of the curve when it comes to money

They now ship to Canada... I wanted to switch years ago but they wouldn't ship to Canada. Jerks...

I dunno, that's still ~$20 less in your bank. That's a trade or a couple of lunches or maybe a new record (or 2-5 used ones). It doesn't seem like much but it does kind of sting a bit.

Keb wrote:They now ship to Canada... I wanted to switch years ago but they wouldn't ship to Canada. Jerks...

I dunno, that's still ~$20 less in your bank. That's a trade or a couple of lunches or maybe a new record (or 2-5 used ones). It doesn't seem like much but it does kind of sting a bit.

I'm cheap...

Well, you could split your purchases between a mail order service and a LCS you could still save money. Mail order your long haul books (i.e. I don't see myself dropping Daredevil or Wonder Woman or Morrison Batman until the creators leave) and keep things that aren't as sure local changeable purchases. Granted, you'd need to be buying a lot of books to make it worth it (BK Thomson levels maybe, I haven't done the math), but it's an option.

mrorangesoda wrote:Well, you could split your purchases between a mail order service and a LCS you could still save money. Mail order your long haul books (i.e. I don't see myself dropping Daredevil or Wonder Woman or Morrison Batman until the creators leave) and keep things that aren't as sure local changeable purchases. Granted, you'd need to be buying a lot of books to make it worth it (BK Thomson levels maybe, I haven't done the math), but it's an option.

I get about 60% of my books from my LCS and the rest from DCBS.

Most $3.99+ books come from DCBS and most $2.99, or anything I can't wait to read, at my LCS.

Stephen Colbert wrote:Everybody knows I don't see race. People tell me I'm white and I believe them because I get pretty good service at the Cracker Barrel.

Ron Swanson wrote:You may have thought you heard me say I wanted a lot of bacon and eggs, but what I said was: Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.

If I had to say one good thing about the current state of affairs at DC and/or the DCnU, it would be the fact that the "New 52" really helped me get over the whole "buying out of habit" mentality. I guess I was always sort of naive when I believed that the company publishing the characters had to care about them more than I did and obviously that was never the case. Like so many other people here at the Outhouse, the amount of titles I have dropped since September 2011 has allowed me to save a little extra cash each month and branch out to try all kinds of wonderful series.

First I don't use subscription services, mainly because I only read trades.Second because I almost don't read superhero books. Not that they're all bad, but because they're mostly mediocre at best.

I had a few situation that I got a few stinkers just because I had a bunch of volumes and didn't want to break the chain. But completism is something you're going to talk about in future articles right?

mrorangesoda wrote:Well, you could split your purchases between a mail order service and a LCS you could still save money. Mail order your long haul books (i.e. I don't see myself dropping Daredevil or Wonder Woman or Morrison Batman until the creators leave) and keep things that aren't as sure local changeable purchases. Granted, you'd need to be buying a lot of books to make it worth it (BK Thomson levels maybe, I haven't done the math), but it's an option.

Our BK has come so far! From being invisible to being the universally recognized benchmark for buying a shitload of comics!

mrorangesoda wrote:Well, you could split your purchases between a mail order service and a LCS you could still save money. Mail order your long haul books (i.e. I don't see myself dropping Daredevil or Wonder Woman or Morrison Batman until the creators leave) and keep things that aren't as sure local changeable purchases. Granted, you'd need to be buying a lot of books to make it worth it (BK Thomson levels maybe, I haven't done the math), but it's an option.

I could but I really don't like waiting on the mail.

I like having the ability to change stores as well. I don't like being locked in to anything and because I'm pretty much in transition right now, going to a shop is a good thing. Plus I go to a store that I enjoy because I don't have to deal with annoying fanboys. The last time I had a pull at the LCS, the store owner would always try to get me to talk to these really weird dudes and I got tired/annoyed. That's why I stopped.